Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL RALPH W. PROCTOR jn£

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL We, the members of the class of 1932 of The Wellesley Senior High School affectionately dedicate our Annual to the memory of our classmate Karol Brough Page 5

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WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL MESSAGE TO STUDENTS To the Students of Wellesleij Senior High School : This second edition of the Wellesley Senior High School Yearbook presents a comprehensive picture of the activities of the school. No one can even glance through it without cbtaining a realization of the great number jnd variety of these activ¬ ities. It is well to realize also that not one of these exists without some purpose, directly or indirectly contributing to the development of knowledge, skills or attitudes desirable of cultivation by those who desire to become useful citizens of this land. Every Wellesley Senior High School student has a good right to be proud of his school. Under every possible standard of comparison, it ranks among the best schools of the State. In preparing students for college, and fitting others for a use¬ ful place in society, it is excelled by none. The Wellesley School System is widely commended for its efficiency and has always been adequately supported by the Town so that the best of teachers and equipment could be provided, as befits the Town of Wellesley. Any school would be an empty shell, an educational machine only, were it not for the loyalty and spirit of the faculty and pupils. The interest of the Student Council members, the often unappreciated work of the Traffic Squad, the numbers of boys and girls who make up the squads of the various sports, the support of the many extra-curricular activities of the school, all testify that the school spirit is increasing year by year. I should like to call your attention, however, to the way in which I feel your loyalty to the school should be primarily shown. The greatest obligation of any public school student is to take full advantage of the steadily improving educational facilities which the community offers free of charge for every boy and girl. Some¬ one, if not your father, then someone else’s father, is paying taxes for your education. The be.-f way. practically the only way, by which you can show your appreciation is to make good in the fundamental business of going to school, which is to temper and sharpen the fine tool of your mind and your whole personality. A school may be many things, but it is nothing if it be not one above all others—a stadium for in¬ tellectual exercise. No one has yet invented a way to eradicate from education the necessity for hard individual work, and no one ever will. It may be, it ought to be, happy, interesting, stimulating, creative work; but only you, the student, can make it worth the wealth and the effort that go into it. In this year of economy make a vcw that, whatever else happens, you will learn the joy of stretching every one of your mental muscles. To the Seniors, many of whom are to finish their formal education at this time, let me commend one of the criterions laid down by Isocrates, an ancient Greek schoolmaster, in defining an educated man: “He always has the mastery over his pleas¬ ures. and does not give way unduly under misfortune and pain, but behaves in such circumstances with manliness and worthily of the nature which has been given to us.” I wish I could see surer indications that the men and women of today are masters of their pleasures. As in the case of other things the great need is for moderation. One must not forget that the world still progresses and that one’s education must never stop with the formal part of it. C. R. Dooley, personnel manager of the Standard Oil Company of New York, says that today a great many of the applicants who come into his office are not employable. He writes: “Many do not read anything; they are not up-to-date in their own line; they are just drifting around looking for a job. They have had a good time in many frivolous ways during youth and young manhood, and now in middle life they expect society to come to their rescue. With (Contmued on Page 44)